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art by African American visual artists
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African American Artists
Radcliffe Bailey
• Atlanta-based artist
• Artwork examines American history to attempt to generate healing for slavery and other racially charged American institutions.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
• 1970s/80s era artist
• Brooklyn-based
• Rough life growing up
• Known as one of the first neo-impressionist artists
Diane Edison
• Athens and Brooklyn-based artist
• Examines race through self-portraits
Scipio Moorhead
• Enslaved person during the 1700s
• Drew some of the only known images of enslaved African Americans
Faith Ringgold
• One of the most famous living African American artists
• Harlem-based artist
• Sews “story-quilts” to share about the experience and events in African American culture
Kara Walker
• Contemporary African American artist
• Examines racial inequity and violence in her artwork
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